Fletcher

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[–] Fletcher 0 points 1 hour ago

While I understand and agree with your enthusiasm, I don't believe this is the right channel for this sort of post.

[–] Fletcher 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I've had second thoughts about posts I've made in the past (usually because they proved to be unpopular with the majority), and have deleted my post. Why sit there and rack up downvotes for no reason? Now if a post I've made was unpopular, but it generated fair and good-faith discussion, I'll keep it up.

[–] Fletcher 9 points 1 day ago

When someone leaves you a home for nothing when most of the people around you cannot afford one, that is 'wealth'. If I did not have to worry about rent, healthcare and car payments, that would make me wealthy - because it is the wealthy who do not have these concerns to the same degree as the majority of the population. Generational wealth is also a great way to keep the 'undesirables' out of a community - and has been used so multiple times in the past. It's one of the reasons why people from poor families statistically end up just as, or even more poor than their parents.

[–] Fletcher 5 points 1 day ago

I am convinced that religious extremism creates the very conditions that lead to the sins they are trying to avoid. Sex outside of marriage is a sin. Nudity outside of marriage is a sin. Sex inside marriage should be missionary-position only. A woman's body is sinful. Thinking about sex is a sin. Is it any wonder why all of these zealots end up doing the very things they rail against? Have your religious delusions if you will, but biology is going to win that battle one way or the other.

[–] Fletcher 59 points 1 day ago (5 children)

That's the real question, isn't it? When our employers demand more of our time than we get to spend with our actual families, the take-it-slow life just isn't a possibility. Unless you're independently wealthy.

[–] Fletcher 3 points 1 day ago

I'd have an open and respectful discussion with them, asking the following questions: Are they safe? Are they in full control of the money they earn? Is this their own decision? Are they happy? If they answer positively to all of these questions, then I wouldn't have anything more to say. It's their body and their life, not mine.

[–] Fletcher 3 points 1 day ago

Second this. I don't really listen to a lot of mainstream stuff, so Bandcamp is really awesome for finding really great indie stuff.

[–] Fletcher 1 points 3 days ago

I hope you're correct, but I don't think you are.

[–] Fletcher 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

If you honestly think they're going to stop with free lancers and gig workers, I've got some land in Alaska to sell you. Please just watch the video. This is not just going to affect gig workers and freelancers.

 

Basically, all non-federal employees will lose their right to healthcare benefits, their right to worker protections and their right to unionize.

This has already passed in committee. Congress (which is supposed to be in recess) has actually come back to slip this in under the radar while most people aren't looking. The House and Senate still need to vote on this.

[–] Fletcher 5 points 3 days ago

That would be my guess - that these people will be sent to Trump's for-profit concentration camps. It's straight out of the Nazi playbook.

 

Locked up and institutionalized without Due Process.

[–] Fletcher 7 points 4 days ago

It's both sad and insane that we have to imprison people to protect them from our own law enforcement.

 

Don't get me wrong - I love me some VtM, but I was just curious if there are any other good vampire/werewolf-centric ttrpg's out there?

 

I guess there's something to be said for self-awareness, right?

 

When I write as a GM, I incorporate all of my players into the story and evolve the narrative around their characters' backgrounds, actions, etc. So, when a player doesn't show up regularly, it has a tendency to disrupt or even halt the game's progress. The smaller the group, the more serious this issue becomes. I've had gaming groups implode over this.

So what sorts of rules or understandings does your group have in place to offset the void left when a player doesn't show up to the game? Does the absent player become an NPC under the GM's control? Do you just ignore the fact that the PC carrying the magical Orb of Whatsit is off on holiday when the king demands the Orb to save the kingdom?

Obviously, we all have real-life stuff that crops up from time to time that can prevent us from playing, but if I can commit to writing and running the game each week (barring life's little emergencies), I don't feel I'm being unfair to expect the same from my players.

So, GMs...what are your thoughts?

 

Granted, I really don't know much about how all this works, but the thought occurred to me that Lemmy - as wonderfully open as it is, and without any kind of 'disappearing messages' or other privacy protecting functionality - is basically a smorgasbord for AI scrapers. Or am I (hopefully) wrong about this?

 

Homestar Runner....those were simpler times.

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